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The urine was alkaline in reaction and free from sugar and 

 contained a decided trace of albumin and abundant amorphous 

 phosphates. 



The blood was negative for typhoid and malaria. The hae- 

 moglobin was 75 per cent. The leukocytes on March 2 num- 

 bered 8,400, while on March 3 they numbered 15,400, with a 

 differential count as follows: 



Polymorphonuclears, 85 per cent; small lymphocytes, 10 per 

 cent; large lymphocytes, 1 per cent; transitionals, 2 per cent; 

 and large mononuclears, 2 per cent. 



The autopsy was performed March 9, 1916, at 9 o'clock in 

 the morning, two and one-half hours after death. The faeces 

 were examined at this time, and numerous motile Balantidium 

 coli were found. The anatomic diagnosis was as follows: 

 Acute and chronic ulcerative colitis (balantidial), intestinal 

 hemorrhage, acute suppurative pleuritis, bronchopneumonia, 

 acute parenchymatous nephritis, acute dilatation of the right ven- 

 tricle of the heart, hyperplasia of spleen, trichuriasis. 



The body is that of a very poorly nourished adult Filipino 

 male, age 16 years, weighing 25.02 kilograms and having a 

 length of 147 centimeters. The skin is pale brown and ap- 

 parently normal. The eyes are sunken, and the cornese are 

 turbid. The hair is black, straight, and coarse and is limited 

 to the pubes and scalp. The teeth are in fairly good condition. 

 The superficial lymphatic glands are not palpable. Rigor mortis 

 is present throughout the body, and suggillation is present in 

 the dependent parts of the body. 



On section the subcutaneous fat is almost completely absent, 

 and the muscle has a brownish red color and is rather dry. 



The abdomen. The serosa of the entire intestinal tract has 

 a dark grayish color and is somewhat moist. The diaphragm 

 is located at the fifth rib on the right and at the fifth inter- 

 space on the left. The abdominal viscera lie in normal rela- 

 tionship to each other. The omentum is free from fat. 



The thorax. The thymus is very small, pale, and soft. On 

 the right pleura are some fibrous adhesions posteriorly, but 

 otherwise it is smooth and moist, and the sac contains no free 

 fluid. The left pleural sac contains about 200 cubic centimeters 

 of thin, creamy, and flocculent puslike material, which forms 

 a thin coating over the lower lobe of the lung. 



The lungs weigh 447 grams and float high in water, 

 with the exception of the lower lobes, which are partially 

 submerged. The upper lobes of both lungs crepitate through- 

 out. The lower lobe of the left lung shows a large, consoli- 



